Visibilidad como estrategia de movilidad: el éxodo centroamericano en México (2018-2019)

Pombo, María Dolores París; Montes, Verónica L.

doi:10.31644/ed.v7.n1.2020.a01

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“…In 2018, tens of thousands of migrants 1 trekked collectively from the Guatemala-Mexico border, through Mexico, and to the United States. Compared to traveling alone or in small groups, caravanning afforded the migrants a level of protection (París Pombo & Montes, 2020;Torre Cantalapiedra & Mariscal Nava, 2020). In addition to experiencing abuse from security and immigration officials, migrants traveling this route face increasingly rapacious organized crime groups that profit from robbing and kidnapping for ransom, among other predations (Brigden, 2018;Díaz de León, 2023;Vogt, 2018).…”

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Empathy and attitudes toward protecting migrants from criminal violence

Bell‐Martin,

Díaz Domínguez

2024

Latin American Policy

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Migrants in Latin America are increasingly vulnerable to organized crime violence while en route to their destination. Public opinion regarding how to address this problem varies. While many residents of countries along migration routes support policies protecting migrants from organized crime, others oppose them. What explains this variation? To investigate this situation, we draw on nationally representative survey data from one of Latin America's most important migrant corridors, Mexico, where sustained criminal violence makes migrants vulnerable to criminal predation en route. We integrate insight from theories about helping refugees amid political violence with studies about aiding migrants amid peace to develop and test hypotheses about an understudied research phenomenon, protecting migrants amid large‐scale criminal violence. We argue that attitudes toward protecting migrants are influenced by feelings of empathy. We test hypotheses related to two conduits of empathic perspective taking—crime victimization and imagining one could become a victim in the future. We find these channels of perspective taking are positively associated with support for migrant protective policies among crime victims and nonvictims alike. Our research reveals new information about attitudes toward immigration policy in criminally violent contexts and advances knowledge about the public endorsement of policies to preserve migrant rights and dignity.

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Empathy and attitudes toward protecting migrants from criminal violence

Bell‐Martin,

Díaz Domínguez

2024

Latin American Policy

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“…Difficulties encountered along the way include the stiffening of securitization and containment policies in Mexico and the United States. The first consequence of these policies has been an increase in the number of arrests and deportations of people lacking the necessary documentation, exposing them to abuses and violations of the rights of migrants by Mexican authorities [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ].…”

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Anxiety among Central American Migrants in Mexico: A Cumulative Vulnerability

Gorn

Saavedra

Bojórquez

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Migration exposes Central American migrants, particularly those who migrate without documents, to a range of incidents, dangers, and risks that increase their vulnerability to anxiety symptoms. In most cases, the poverty, conflict, and violence they experience in their countries of origin are compounded by the unpredictable conditions of their journey through Mexico. The objective of this study was to explore the association between the presence of emotional discomfort and the experience of various vulnerabilities from the perspective of a group of Central American migrants in transit through Mexico. This is a descriptive, mixed-methods study (QUALI-QUAN). During the qualitative phase, thirty-five migrants were interviewed (twenty in Mexico City and six in Tijuana). During the quantitative phase, a questionnaire was administered to 217 migrants in shelters in Tijuana. An analysis of the subjects’ accounts yielded various factors associated with stress and anxiety, which were divided into five main groups: (1) precarious conditions during the journey through Mexico, (2) rejection and abuse due to their identity, (3) abuse by Mexican authorities, (4) violence by criminal organizations, and (5) waiting time before being able to continue their journey. The interaction of various vulnerabilities predisposes individuals to present emotional discomfort, such as anxiety. Migrants who reported experiencing three or more vulnerabilities presented the highest percentages of anxiety symptoms.

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Caravanas in Tijuana: A Qualitative Account of Women in the 2018 Central American Migrant Caravans

Rios-Contreras,

Hernández Mateo

2024

Humanity & Society

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Social conditions force migrants to pursue mass mobilization and transit through Latin America to the Mexico-United States border. Mainstream media continues to sensationalize the migrant caravans. Research concerning the experiences of individuals in caravans remains underdeveloped. A question remains about how women experience transit in a mass caravan migration. This study uses a migrant feminist standpoint to capture women's perspectives within the 2018 Central American migrant caravans. In 2019, a qualitative analysis of 15 semi-structured interviews with migrant participants primarily from Central America and fieldwork observation was conducted in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Caravans provide a realistic alternative avenue for migration. Migration is a gendered process where women resist state violence. Reaching the Tijuana border is a success, but it comes at a detrimental cost for women, including experiencing deception, social class inequalities, and distrust. Humanitarian responses to the migrant caravans benefit from adopting a gender-conscious action-based practice.

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Visibilidad como estrategia de movilidad: el éxodo centroamericano en México (2018-2019)

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Empathy and attitudes toward protecting migrants from criminal violence

Empathy and attitudes toward protecting migrants from criminal violence

Anxiety among Central American Migrants in Mexico: A Cumulative Vulnerability

Caravanas in Tijuana: A Qualitative Account of Women in the 2018 Central American Migrant Caravans

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